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Former Bosnian Serb soldier Cvijan Tomanic went on trial for killing an ethnic Albanian civilian and seizing two Bosniak civilians who then disappeared in the Zvornik area in 1992. The trial of Cvijan Tomanic, accused of committing crimes against humanity against non-Serbs in the Zvornik area in 1992, opened on Monday at the state court in Sarajevo.

Jovan Tintor, a former adviser to Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, appealed against his conviction for the unlawful detentions and abuse of Bosniak and Croat prisoners in the Vogosca area in 1992. The defence lawyer for Jovan Tintor, the former president of the wartime Crisis Committee in the municipality of Vogosca, lodged an appeal at the Bosnian state court on Friday against his 11-year prison sentence.

In closing statements at the trial of former Bosnian Serb fighter Sasa Cvetkovic, the Bosnian prosecution called for the defendant to be convicted of murder and rape in the Srebrenica and Bratunac areas in 1992. The prosecution urged the Bosnian state court in Sarajevo on Wednesday to convict Bosnian Serb ex-fighter Sasa Cvetkovic of killing two Roma civilians in Sase in the Srebrenica municipality in May 1992 and raping two women in Bratunac in June the same year.

Bosnia’s Constitutional Court upheld an appeal from Serb ex-policeman Petar Civcic, who spent over 1,000 days in jail before being acquitted of wartime crimes, ruling he should be paid more than the 43,470 euros initially awarded.

In closing statements in the trial of former Bosnian Serb soldier Milomir Davidovic, his defence asked for him to be acquitted of the rape and sexual abuse of Bosniak women in Foca in July 1992. Defence lawyer Slavisa Prodanovic told the state court in Sarajevo on Friday that the prosecution had not proved the allegations that ex-serviceman Milomir Davidovic, alias Lici, committed rape in Foca in July 1992.

The verdict acquitting former Croatian Defence Council commander Mile Puljic, who was cleared of crimes against prisoners in Mostar in 1993 and 1994, was quashed and a retrial ordered.

Former Bosniak Territorial Defence fighter Izet Arifovic, who was being tried for murdering three Serb civilians in the Srebrenica and Bratunac areas of Bosnia in 1992, has died.

Former Bosnian Serb soldier Vuk Ratkovic’s conviction for the multiple rape of a woman in Visegrad during the war in 1992 and 1993 was upheld on appeal.

The retrial of former Bosnian Army soldiers Samir Kesmer and Mirsad Menzilovic, accused of raping a Serb minor in Sarajevo in May 1993, opened at the Bosnian state court.

In its closing statement, former Serb reservist policeman Slavko Milovanovic’s defence called on the court to acquit him of persecuting Bosniak civilians in the Skelani area near Srebrenica in 1992. Slavko Milovanovic’s defence lawyer asked the Bosnian state court on Wednesday to acquit his client of crimes against Bosniaks in the village of Resagici in the Skelani area during the war in 1992.

Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnian Serb Ex-Soldier Tried for Murder, Disappearances

Radovan Karadzic’s Ex-Adviser Appeals Against Conviction

Jail Urged in Bosnian Serb Fighter’s Murder and Rape Trial

Bosnia Told to Pay Acquitted Serb Policeman Over €43,470

Bosnian Serb Ex-Soldier Asks for Wartime Rape Acquittal

Bosnian Croat Officer’s Crimes Against Humanity Acquittal Quashed

1992 Srebrenica Murder Defendant Dies in Bosnia

Bosnian Serb Ex-Soldier’s Eight-Year Rape Sentence Upheld

Bosnian Army Ex-Soldiers Retried for Raping Serb Girl

Bosnian Serb Ex-Policeman Asks for Acquittal in Persecution Trial

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